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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
Identity of Mutilated Money.
Globe Democrat.

am often asked whether this OIL
that piece of mutilated money is re-
deemable. 1t is safe to say, unless the
moneys identity is entirely gone, that
it is redeemable. In fact, one may say
that money in the shape. of ashes can
be restored. 1t is fact that after the
Chicago fire ashes were redeemed. 1t
came about in this way: 1t is custom
AIRY in banks to do money up i'll pack
ages, say of $4,000 each, and in the
big fire of course hundreds and hun
dreds of these packages were reduced
to ashes. But the shape of the pack
age remained. and wherever the pack
age could be sent on to Washington
without crumbling the ashes, the
money was sure to be replaced. 1t was
done by nimble fingered women in the
treasury department whose trained
touch and sight are wonderfully acute.
1t is well known that the ashes of
the newspaper when dampened will
show traces of the printing. SO was
it with the bills. These women would
mOisten the package of apparently
useless ashes, and to their experienced
eye the number and character of the
bill would at once appear as if they
had touched it with Il magic wand. So
thousands and thousands dollars were
redeemed by these patient women. A
friend of mine, country merchant,
afraid of banks, placed a large sum of
money in bills in a stone jar on shelf
i'll his store, where he thought it would
be quite safe. When he went to look
at it one day some time after it was
mass of fragments. Mice had got into
the jar and chewed the bills into the
minutest parts. Then they had mixed
them all up, and altogether it was a
fearful looking mess. He sent cigar
box full of it to me. L forwarded it to
Washington, and what do you think
Out of the 81, las originally in the pile
Il little over $1,000 was redeemed, the
parts beyond recall being only the
mere tibers of the bills. So the man
lost only 800 by his foOlishness. The
reclamation of such money is done en-
tirely by women, whose patience espe-
cially fits them for the monotonOus
work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
The Road Full of Holes.

A Providence wheelman went gayly
forth with his lantern the other night.
1t was dark. The lanterns rays, how
ever, frightened the way satisfactory
ly, and the cycler was familiar with
the road. Suddenly big hole in the
ground yawncd before him. He whirl-
ed his wheel about just in time to
avoid it. A moment after he narrowly
escaped another hole, also big one.
Then there was another. The road
was full of holes, and in avoiding one
he swirled alongside of a second, and
barely avoided that to dive toward
one on the other side, and with a viO-
lent yank of the handles he brought
up right over still another, and his big
wheel would have plunged straight
into it if he hadn't got off. The funny
part of it was that when he got off he
couldn't find the hole anywhere. He
looked at his lantern and there on the
lens was leaf that had blown up and
stuck there. 1t wasn't very big leaf,
but it was big enough to make the
shadow like bottomless pit.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
A Dakota Bride.

Old Bud jackson, one of the terrors
of Montana, lost his fourth wife, and
came over into Dakota for. a fifth vic
tim. He met and married the widow
Baggs, a frail, gentle-looking little
woman, who had just been left a wild
Ow for the third time and seemed
crushed to earth by her losses.
MIR. and Mrs. Jackson wended their
way to Buds Montana home, and as
the gushing bridegroom led his bride
into his lovely cot of one room, and in
trOduced her to his favorite dogs, he
said tenderly:
''YOu want to remember, Mrs. Jack
son, that Pm boss here. Don't you
never forget that. The four dear COM
paniOns that I've laid away mighty
soon found that out. All l had to do
was to crook my finger and they came
a runnin' to know what 1 wanted.
There wasn't no hangin' back nor ask
in questions. You see that OK CAD up
thereP Well, that's the little arby-
traitor that useter settle any slight
differences | ever had with the four
dear companions that are gone. They
ginerally suekkumed after about six
ticks, an hope you'll be equally Obee-
jent.
Now, s'pOsen you take my boots
an clean 'em up an grease 'em. They
have got mighty muddy while we was
ON our tower. Clean 'em up good.
Pm mighty partickler bout my boots,
an I'D hate to take that air CAD down
the fust day you was in your new
home. Come an pull off the boots"
The frail, sad-eyed little bride did
not move. Her pretty lips began to
tremble, and her gentle bosom heaved.
"You cOmin'q" roared jackson.
"Hev | got to snatch down that air
CAD Oh, yer comm, ell 2"
She came. She snatched down the
CAD on her way, and with set teeth
and eyes that twinkled merrily, she
landed within two feet of Bud. He
had faced wild cats and hyenas, but
never anything like this. A conflict
ensued it was short, fierce and de-
cisive. 1t ended i'm Buds crawling I'M
der the bed, and as his bride prOdded
him with IL hoe handle, she gayly
shouted:
aye poor innocent thing, We Hain't
no mo- sense ner to raise the dander of
Lily Jane Bags jackson, her that
never did nor never will take word
of sass from any living man. Ye'd
better crawl under there! Ye'd bet
ter crawl clean through the wall. Oh,
yell holler huff, hey7 Well, you go
and cut a months supply of stove
wood fore you show yer face in this
cabin agin. I'll learn We who's boss
here Z"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
Horse Sense.

Lewiston man named Stewart
owns place mile or two out of town
and has been cutting up corn for silO,
the boys tending the feed cutter and
the horse on the chamber floor running
the machine. 1t was i'm the afternoon
of long and busy day, and the feed
cutter had been cutting ensilage stuff
since early in the forenoon. The pile
was getting moderately hopeful of the
end when suddenly the machine stop
ped and all the admonitions of "Ge-e-t
up there !" and cluckings to the horse
didn't do any good, for the machine
hung hard and fast. 1t was short
job to go upstairs and begin investiga
lions, but it was longer job to see
exactly what the trouble was. The
horse was in place, deliberately switch
ing his tail and apparently comfort
able. The search was diligent and
keen, and finally it was discovered
that the brake had been set and the
machine stopped. They unstopped
the brake, and the horsepower started
and the cutter chopped and the work
went merrily on. 1t went merrily on
for about five minutes. Then it stop
ped, and as before, the horse was
found in place, quietly resting with
the brake on, and the machine motion
less. Again the brake was loosened
and started again, and this time one of
the young men slipped quietly in be-
hind the horse and watched. He saw
everything running smoothly for few
minutes. Then he saw the horse reach
far out over the side of the machine !;
grab the brake between his teeth pull
it over, stop the machine and then
sort of lean up against the side of the
machine and laugh. He had been hav-
ing good time, but the game was
spoiled when the brake was tied with
piece of rope, leaving the only hope
of respite for the horse in the sound of
the supper bell.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
ALLEGED HUMOR.

The home stretch-A nap on the
lounge.
The Englishman who said that hug
ging was 'armless" was wrong. 1t is
'armful.
Better a dinner of herbs, with or
without love, than stalled railroad
train ten miles from the eating station.
"YOu girls want the earth," said a
State street father when one of his
daughters asked him for Sc for a new
jacket. "No, papa" said the girl, "not
the earth. Only new jersey."-Tren-
ton Emporium.
Two passengers on a train become
involved in a heated controversy,
which finally waxed so hot that one of
them called the other liar. "What's
that, liar 2" and he was on his feet.
eyes, Il liar" was the emphatic re-
spouse, cor my name amt John Smith
of SmithvilIe." "What the har' ware
merchant" "The same" "Mr. Smith
Pm delighted to know you. L repre-
sent Messrs. Sharpedge 81 Co. of New
York, and can show you line of sam
Piles that will make your hair curl"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
Getting Rich.


The saving of a competence for old
age and to provide for ones family is a
vastly different thing from this strng-
gle for great riches that keeps men
in poverty. That is legitimate, wise
and Christian. The thing the young
men of this country ought to be made
to understand is that "man's life con-
sisteth not in the abundance of the
things he pOssesseth," and that real
pleasures, even of the worldly sort, do
not come from the outside, and are,
therefore not capable of purchase or
sale.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20

Rev. j. Ryland Kendrick, d. D., a
native of POultney, is son of Vermont
who has exercised wide influence in
the educational field. He was at the
time of the breaking out of the rebel
lion rector of the Circular Square Bap-
fist church in Charleston, S. C.. He
has been president of Vassar college
three years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20

Colonel Rush C. Hawkins, command
er of the famous Hawkins Zouaves dur
ing the rebellion, is visiting Rutland,
and will confer with the committee on
design of the Gettysburg monument
commission. Colonel Hawkins is a
native of Vermont, has travelled ex-
tensively in Europe, and possesses a
cultivated taste in art.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20

An investigation recently made by
the German home Office into the condi
ton of the German wOrkingmen brings
out the startling fact that the custom
of working seven days in the week in
stead of six is becoming very preva
lent. The workers in Germany are be-
ing robbed of their Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
DIR. Perry's Terrible Death.

DR.. William Perry, the physician of
the Pan Handle road, was in the sleep
or with his family. The conclusion
threw them i'll heap in the end of the
car. DR.. Perry made terrible strug-
gle for life. He succeeded in getting
half of his body through one of the
windows, but the timbels held his legs
as in wise. Two men seized his arms
and tugged with all their might, but
could not move him. A burst of flame
drove the rescuers away and the doc
tor and his family persisted miserably.
In the day coach nine charred bodies
were found. Fragments of bodies else
where in the wreck led to the belief
that at least seven other persons per-
ished.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
An Old Story with New Application.
Richford Gazette.

A st. Adams despatch to the Boston
Journal announces that the Central
Vermont has decided to submit to the
decision of the interstate commerce
This reminds us of the
story of the Dutchman whose wife
died. Meeting an acquaintance the
bereaved husband was asked if his de-
ceased spouse was resigned. Gre
signed I" he exclaimed. "Mein Colt,
she had to be-"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20

Horace Allen of Delaware, o., "a,
has travelled on foot, with a wheel
barrow, to Bennington, a distance OF
700 miles. He has paid his expenses
largely by selling small wares which
he carried in the wheelbarrOw. He
is native of Vermont, and a nephew
of Ethan Allen. The object of the trip
was TO cure rheumatism, by which he
WAS great sufferer, and the long trip
las relieved him almost entirely.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1887-10-20
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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-26
ALICE.

How charming was her presence with ui
here,
How kind she was In all her words and ways
Her life was like the purcst atmosphere
Of radiant eyes and tranquil, ,cloudlcso days
And allthings lovely were beloved Of her.
The fair. glad world Of flowers. and neld
and tree:
I've seen her gaze like some rapt worshiper.
Upon the moonlit sky or sunset sea
There by the sea: Twas there she dwsls
awhile
With kindred hearts, with music, mirth and
books.
Her brow tad never space for frowns Her
was beautiful with sunshine Of swes,
looks"
And she is gone, not ever any more
May mortais know her bright companion
ship:
Nor carthly mourning shall again restore
Light TO her eye or language to her lips.
Az. she is gone, The evening light shall
The waves repeat their murmurs on the
But she who watched the summer days de-
cline
With us may never look or listen more
Dear Al ce, though beyond OF sun or star
Thy cver-genial spirit may have flown,
II can not be thar thou art gone 30 far
Thou shalt not yet bo loved and love thine
own.
Boston Courier,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-26
PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Some men are born great and grow
smaller every day:of their ives.-Chi-
c0go Journal.
A balky horse and . man ''who
knows it all' are the best means OF
teaching us the value of patience.-Fall
Rirer Adrdnce.
The most Indifferent person to the
price of coal is the hired young lady oi
all work.-N Y. Journal.
The season is over. thank heaven.
when the weak young man at the picnic
puts on q girls hat and tries to be
funny.-Pack.
Some women never fully value q
husband until he has been killed in an
accident and they see chance to re.
cover damages.-The Judge.
There are six poets in the British
House Of Lords. 1t is suspected that
thew were selected under the belief
that their new positions would prevent
them from writing poetry.-Norriseo'0a
Herald.
A book has recently made its ap-
pearance in Boston with the title Of
'.Zobar." II makes clerk look real
angry to have lady rush in and re-
mark: young man, do you keep 10
bar. '"-Yonkers Statesman.
-Algernon-Ya-as. deah boy, I've
been desperwately i'll; don't you know
-desperwately. Fuller-Indeed; what
was the trouble? Algernon-I had the
b-bwain fever. Fuller (skeptically)-
D. what are you giving me?-Ransbler.
Coming out at the little end OF the
horn" is all right. 1t is the thought Of
never coming out at all that worries
the young girl who is looking o'er the
fence of youth into the garden OF 90
ciety.-N q. Picaynne.
Little Dorrit it--Mamma, when does
my birthday come? Dashing young
widow-Next week. pet. ''How old
will l be?' "Why! gracious me! Can
it be possible? You will be mir g years
old, Just think of it," .'Well. I'll think
ofit." mo, no. mean don't think Of
it, Chicago Tribune.
-"You say that Robinson is . smart
Young man?' ''Ycs, he il fellow Oi
splendid business attainments. ''HOw
10 You know that? He's not in any
business, and never has been." That's
all right. know he is . good busi-
ness man, because five years ago his
father died and left him . fortune OF
$4,000, and he's got over half OF II
left. ~. Y. Sam.
Lady of the house-So. Bridget,
you think you will have to leave me,
do you? Bridget-Yis, mum. Lady
of the house What il the trouble? /,
the work too hard for you? Bridget
No. mum: I kin not complain about
that. Lady of the house-Isn't thu
the pay satisfactory? Bridget-Yis
mum. Lady of the house--What, then
is the troublep Bridget-Yer see
mum, Dime . brunetter. an the
kitchen, mum. was fitted for blonde
I'll not stay. mum, an try my com
plexion. mum, day ~ niehk-Se
PaSl Globe.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-26

before which they stopped! Becky
didn't try to hide any part of it. but
made them welcom, to the whole, and
to the great barn. too. with its number
less hiding places. initiating them at
once into the most approved way OF
sliding down hay-mows and riding on
the barn doors. She took them across
the meadows to the stream, with the
little grove beside it, and there they
iishcd for trout: not that they caught
enough to boast of. for only the most
venturesome of fishes would bite in
that uproar of voices. When they got
tired of that sport they chased the colts
in the orchard and hunted out the
squirrels. with whom Becky carried on
such q droll make-believe conversation
that the girls. as they said. 'almost
died Of laughing" The sun was get
ting low and the grass was all purple
with shadows when she brought out a
table and said that they would have
their supper under the shade of great
buttcrnut tree.
This is the time they'll laugh
thought Becky: "but let 'em. Icouldn't
get up gcnteel tea 10 save my life.
and shan't try"
And sure enough-the girls did
laugh. To see such great platters OF
smoking hot sweet corn. such huge
pitchers Of creamy milk. such stacks
Of freshly picked berries. was enough
to make any hungry girl laugh. and in
a way very pleasant to hear. Then
followed a shakedown on the smooth
floor Of the barn. accomplished by tine
aid OF Farmer Miller. who whistled the
tune of ..Over the Hills and Far Away"
from the corn-bin. 1t wasn't until the
Young moon shone out clear and silvcry
that the young girls found themselves
in the haycart riding briskly forward
to the school.
| Il believe never had such . good
time in M life before" cried Millie.
as she saw, with regret. the outline OF
the building through the trees.
.'Nor l. nor !, nor !, was heard in
answer.
Farmer Miller recognized one of the
voices. and blessed it in his heart. 1t
was Wild Becky's. As the others left
them she crawled over to her grand
fathers side and laid her hand, warm
from the grateful grasp Of the school
girls. on his arm.
This started better state of things
with Becky. She began to truly like
the girls. then she loved one or two.
dearly in true schoolgirl fashion; and
to be worthy of their love she tried to
improve her manners. Next came
ambition in her studies, and, as under
it all lay : deep affection for the good
grandfather, she came out at the end
Of the year one of the brightest, hap
pest girls in the school.
There we're outbreaks of mischief
how and then. As the old man roared
to the teacher one dav, ''She couldn't
be tanned all mt once" but this little
girl had 1T last found the golden key.
And SO, in Frightening the lives OF the
unhappy, and in making sunshine for
all. Becky became. in time. lady in
every sense of that m.sused term
| CHICAGO Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-26
THE OLD PARLOR.
Picture OF . Room Which Will he RecoE-
nixed BY Many Gray-Beards.

Picture OF Room which will Be Recog-
nized by Many Gray-Bsards.
1t is generally somewhat detached
from the remainder Of the house. Il
hall dividing it from the sitting-room.
The blinds and windows are tightly
shut and the dark shades pulled down.
and as you pause in the doorway the
atmosphere chills even in midsummer.
and the dim light through which you
see the ghostly folds Of the lace cur
tains makes you feel that you are en-
tering a solemn place. Here you will
find = Brussels carpet on whose dark
ground are strewn roses and pinks
modelled after those which might have
furnished fragrance to the inhabitants
of Brobdignag. There are sofa and
chairs of hair-clOth which have not yet
acquired the individuality which even
furniture gains from being set in fami-
lies. but look just rs little at home as
thew did in the rooms of the dealer in
the neighboring city. There is 4 table
with marble top. reminding one of n
grave stone, whereon is lamp with
sparkling pendants, set on u dainty
mat of shaded green. and few books
placed at proper angles.
On one Of the walls is hair wreath.
..made by Emmeline." Opposite hangs
! portrait Of lady with q face which
reminds one of Martha Washington.
Her plump throat is cncircled by q
string of gold beads. which now are
treasured in . bureau drawer OF tho
spare chamber as a precious heirloom.
As companion piece to this is the por-
trait of u gaunt, stern-loOking man.
who holds tnning-fork to the ear OF a
sixteen-year-old boy. in an outlandish
costume. Neither from the expression
or the position of either can one deter
mine whether the elder is inclined to
amuse or inflict corporal punishment.
but the family tradition explains that
the vision of childish innocence is an
early picture of the master of the house;
that the elderly couple are his parents.
he being a child of their old age. that
the worthy gentleman was a singing
master of much local repute, and that
this was happy thought Of the artist
TO suggest his favorite pursuits. The
lines were evidently not traced by a
pupil Of Sir Joshua Reynolds or Gilbert
Stuart: the ewes are never detected in
following you about the room; they are.
nevertheless. very interesting.
On another side is group of half
dozen family photographs in round gilt
frames, and between the windows .
long mirror with frame much too mass
i've for the low ceiling above il. On
the mantel are pair Of ancient silver
candlesticks. each holding a pair OF
wax candles. When the four used to
be lighted 1t once. the younger men,
bers looked on with feelings akin to
those with which they now regard A
= Presidential illumination. Besides.
there are = vase Of dried grasses. Z
piece ofiron ore. . gift cup and . basket
made Of sawed butternut shells. heaPed
with wedding invitations.--Good House
| E<eDenQ.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-26
Little Johnny's Wish.

"Papa, wish you would help me
translate my Latin exercises" said
Johnny Fizzletop.
II can't do it, my son."
didn't your parents make you learn
Latin when you were boy?"
..No. Tommy, they did not make me
learn Latin"
..What good parents you must have
had. wish mine we're that way
Texas Sitfings.